Michael Maniaci, lauded as “one of the greatest singers of his generation” (Toronto Globe and Mail), joins our chamber players for cantatas and chamber music by Italian composers imported to Vienna by the glittering and sophisticated Hapsburg court. Award-winning author and Princeton professor Wendy Heller will give the free pre-performance talks about the “italiophilia” situation in Vienna, including the unusual relationship between the Italian expats and their Austrian employers.